[Antennas] I need an idea

Tue Sep 27 17:42:54 EDT 2005

I have gotten sick of using a manual tuner, whenever I get on the air and
finding matches, for my G5RV, whatever band it is set to is the wrong one it
seems. Oh, well, it was a way to get on the air, until I could do better.
I am thinking about a Fan dipole, homebrewed or purchased hung about 50 or
60 feet up in the White Pines and Sugar Pines and maybe a second one hung
from the Hickory to the Big old oak. which would give me NS and EW radiation
patterns. My current rig is an IC 730 but I plan on replacing it soon with
a newer rig with 160 and maybe getting a Linear in the 600 Watt range. I
hope to get the antenna up this weekend so I need a bit of advice, as to if
I am missing a better bet for DX and light contesting etc. Here are the
specs for my QTH
 I am 250 ft up and hard by , less than 1/2 mile from a 13K acre lake, Lake
Wateree, so what other antennas would require minimal tuning and do better
with my location, can you think of any? I had considered Zepps and some
others but it seems like a Fan is my best choice or a bunch of concentric
loops. Any other ideas? Oh yes I am a handiham and I can't get a tower up
by my lonesome, so it needs to be wire antennas.
Kirk KA4PXK
Meddle not in the Affairs of Dragons for Thou Art Crunchy and taste good
with Catsup or BBQ Sauce !!!
KA4PXK location
Liberty Hill, SC (Kershaw)
Longitude: 80° 48' 7" W (-80.8019°)
Latitude: 34° 28' 41" N (34.4781°)
Grid: EM94